Member of the Fashion Council Germany
Fellow of The RSA, Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce UK
Member of the Union of Concerned Researchers in Fashion
Member of the Systemic Design Association
Mar 1996 - Jul 2001 Fashion Design, University of Applied Sciences HAW Hamburg, Diplom Modedesigner, 'Excellence'
Oct 1993 - Feb 1996 Law, Georg-August University Goettingen
Further Education:
Feb 2021 Embedding Sustainability into the Curriculum, SEDA accredited course
Jun 2018 Circular Economy Teaching & Learning, Higher Education workshop, Ellen MacArthur Foundation London
Oct 2017 Higher Education Didactics, course Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
Mar + May 2017 Design Thinking, workshop I + II Hamburg Kreativgesellschaft
Feb 2017 Social Media Manager, certificate Social Media Akademie Mannheim
Dec 2013 Storytelling, international workshop NORDWINDfestival Hamburg
Apr 1996 English, foreign language certificate Georg-August University Goettingen
May 2024 Nomination for Researcher of the Year, Birmingham City University
Mar 2023 RAAD research funding for Designing for a Closed Fashion Loop – A Methodological Guide and Tool
Aug 2022 Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK
Jan 2022 RAAD research funding for Material Matters, Birmingham City University
May 2021 Nomination for Changemakers Prize, British Fashion Council
May 2021 Nomination as Inspirational Teacher of the Year, Birmingham City University
Feb 2021 Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK
Oct 2018 otherways[project] at exhibition for German Federal Award Bundespreis Ecodesign, Kulturforum Berlin
Mar 2018 3rd place at Circular Fashion Games Eindhoven/Amsterdam
Feb 2005 2nd place at competition WeddingDress#1 Berlin
Jan + Aug 2002 invitation grants for Les Jeunes Créateurs, Who's Next Paris
Jan 2001 Exhibiton Best Diplomas of 2000 at HAW Hamburg
Apr 1999 1st place at competition Personnel Uniforms Karstadt Sport Hamburg